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    From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj. Doublet of -atic.

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    in earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots
    in more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.

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    -age

    1. Forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection.
      Synonyms: -ery, -ing
      word + ‎-age → ‎wordage
    2. Forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result.
      block + ‎-age → ‎blockage
      marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
      slip + ‎-age → ‎slippage
      shrink + ‎-age → ‎shrinkage
    3. Forming nouns of a relationship or state.
      bond + ‎-age → ‎bondage
      marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
      parent + ‎-age → ‎parentage
      line + ‎-age → ‎lineage
    4. Forming nouns indicating a place.
      orphan + ‎-age → ‎orphanage
      hermit + ‎-age → ‎hermitage
    5. Forming nouns indicating a charge, fee, or toll.
      post + ‎-age → ‎postage
      broker + ‎-age → ‎brokerage
      cork + ‎-age → ‎corkage
    6. Forming nouns indicating a rate.
      percent + ‎-age → ‎percentage
      mile + ‎-age → ‎mileage
    7. Forming nouns of a unit of measure.
      volt + ‎-age → ‎voltage
      foot + ‎-age → ‎footage
      tonne + ‎-age → ‎tonnage
      hour + ‎-age → ‎hourage

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From French -age.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/
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    -age

    1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
      1. action
        kijven (to altercate, dispute, wrangle) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (squabbling)
        lekken (to leak) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (leakage)
      2. collectivity
        tuig (rig) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (rigging)
      3. result of an action
        stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

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    • Indonesian: -ase

    French

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

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      -age m (plural -ages)

      1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
      2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
      3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

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      • Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

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      German

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      • -asche (obsolete or nonstandard)

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      Borrowed from French -age m. Feminised by analogy with the majority of German words in -e, perhaps also with other suffixes of abstract nouns such as -heit and -ung.

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      -age f (plural -agen)

      1. Nominal suffix, rarely productive, mostly restricted to borrowings from French.

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      Interlingua

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English -age, French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem/Spanish -aje, all ultimately from Latin -āticum.

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      -age

      1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -age
        folio (leaf) + ‎-age → ‎foliage (foliage)
        fructo (fruit) + ‎-age → ‎fructage (fruitage)

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      • G in this suffix always represents a fricative (or affricate) sound rather than a plosive, i.e. /ˈaʒe/ (or /ˈadʒe/) rather than */ˈaɡe/.
      • It takes the form -agi- before o or a.

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      Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -age not found

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      Japanese

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      -age

      1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

      Middle English

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

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        -age

        1. Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship.
        2. Forms nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee.
        3. (not productive) Used in nouns taken from Old French indicating actions, results, groups, etc.

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        Middle French

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        Etymology

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          From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

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          -age

          1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
          2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

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          Occitan

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          -age

          1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

          Old French

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          Etymology

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            From Latin -āticum.

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            -age

            1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
            2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

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            Old Galician-Portuguese

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            Etymology

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              Borrowed from Old French -age and Old Occitan -atge. Doublet of -ádego.

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              -age

              1. Forms nouns, from verbs, indicating action, state or capacity

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              Category Old Galician-Portuguese terms suffixed with -age not found

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              References

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              • Xoán López Viñas (2015) “Sufixos” (chapter 2), in Dicionario de afixos e voces afixadas do galego medieval (Monografías da Revista Galega de Filoloxía; 8)‎[1] (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISBN, page 92